Charlotte minister to speak at preaching mission

Published: Friday, September 20, 2013 at 5:32 p.m.

Last Modified: Friday, September 20, 2013 at 5:32 p.m.

Bishop Ken Carter will lead the annual Mayme Weaver Preaching Mission at First United Methodist Church on South Main Street.

Carter, along with spiritual story-telling artist Fred Jones, will be the featured mission presenters for Sept. 29 and 30.

An author of eight books, Carter has overseen a children's home campus, two homes for disabled adults, a wilderness trail program and River of Life rafting ministry.

He has served as senior pastor of Providence UMC in Charlotte, which has a membership of 5,000, for eight years.

"I have served in leadership roles throughout my adult life and have clearly understood that to lead, one must be led by the Holy Spirit. I also know that effective leadership in our time is always shared leadership," Carter says in his biographical information supplied by the church.

He is a member of the board of trustees of Bethune-Cookman University, Florida Southern College and the board of visitors of Duke Divinity School.

Jones is an award-winning teacher, painter and artist with a specialty in figure drawing and portraiture. He is known for his volunteer work with children. He believes the classroom can be a learning environment where the mind can be challenged, according to his biography.